The Kite Runner Hassan Character Analysis

In the novel The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini, the character Hassan plays an important role in the story. He is faced with many challenges, due to ethnic cultural collision, responding to it by not letting his loyalty or humanity falter, which relates to the novel because regardless of his statues and religion, Hassan would always protect Amir.
One challenge that Hassan faces, is the friendship that he shares with Amir. Hassan and Admire grow up together as childhood playmates. Hassan shows strong devotion towards his friend, and always protects and defends Amir. No matter what the situation is or how bad the consequences might be afterwards, Hassan never showed the slightest bit of betrayal as Hosseini states “but he never told on

me. Never told that the mirror, like shooting walnuts at the neighbor's dog, was always my idea”(pg 4). Amir is always grateful for the things that Hassan does for him, however due to his pride he is never able to call Hassan a friend or defend him, despite everything he did, society led him to believe that he is just a Hazara.
Granting all this hatred that Hassan receives from Pashtuns, he still holds his head up high. Despite everything that Hassan goes through, he is still able to forgive. For example he forgives Amir for not defending him. After experiencing a disturbing event, he still is able to stay kind and forgiving.
Hassan has a big heart and probably the most loyal character in the book. Despite the way people treat him and look at him, he can see above all that and become a person who is always going to be the bigger person. Hassan is a strong character that is able to forgive for what people have done to him, especially to Amir. He never lets society, cultural collision, or his status lead him on the wrong path. Despite how it turns out in the end with him moving away, he still cared so much for Amir.